Matthew Broderick
Director, Actor
Faerie Tale Theatre (TV Series) (1982-1985)
- Feat. Shelley Duvall, Robin Williams, Teri Garr…
- Shelley Duvall curated this popular Cable TV series in eighties (which she also hosts and narrates), attracting an impressive roll call of Hollywood…
War Games (1983)
- Dir. John Badham
Feat. Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman
- One of the best movies about computer hacking, is a highly effective comedy–thriller, with child–star Matthew Broderick accessing an…
Ladyhawke (1985)
- Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer
- Enjoyable sword–and–sorcery yarn filmed in the Dolomites pits Matthew Broderick as a Medieval tyke who must unlock the evil spell cast on…
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
- Dir. John Hughes
Feat. Matthew Broderick
- Probably the teen comedy of the '80s, with Matthew Broderick as the crafty 17–year–old Ferris who skips school to takes his friends on a…
Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
- Dir. Paul Bogart
Feat. Harvey Fierstein, Matthew Broderick
- From his Broadway play, Harvey Fierstein stars in this whimsical yet moving story of a flamboyant gay New Yorker's search for love and respect in the…
Biloxi Blues (1988)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Matthew Broderick, Christopher Walken
- Famed scriptwriter Neil Simon (THE GOODBYE GIRL) here gives a semi–autobiographical account of his experiences in boot–camp during WW2,…
Glory (1989)
- Dir. Edward Zwick
Feat. Denzel Washington, Matthew Broderick, Cary Elwes…
- Time and place is perfectly re–created in this moving account of the plight of Negro soldiers during the American civil war.
Family Business (1989)
- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman, Matthew Broderick
- Star–studded caper film that follows a family of criminals and their struggles when attachment clashes with business. Adapted by Vincent…
Freshman, The (1990)
- Dir. Andrew Bergman
Feat. Marlon Brando, Matthew Broderick, Penelope Ann Miller…
- Chucklesome comedy finds NYC film student Broderick forced to run errands for small time mobster Brando (who does a mirror–perfect parody of…
Life in the Theatre, A (1993)
- Dir. Gregory Mosher
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Matthew Broderick
- An affectionate and heartfelt look at thespian lives from playwright David Mamet. Jack Lemmon and Matthew Broderick are the 'spring and autumn' pair…
Night We Never Met, The (1993)
- Dir. Warren Leight
Feat. Matthew Broderick, Annabella Sciorra, Brooke Smith…
- Matthew Broderick enters into a time–share arrangement with two others for set days during the week. Gradually he comes to fall in love with…
Road to Wellville (1994)
- Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Matthew Broderick, Bridget Fonda…
- Much eccentricity transpires at the health farm of J. Harvey Kellogg (Anthony Hopkins), inventor of the corn flake. Matthew Broderick, Bridget Fonda,…
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)
- Dir. Alan Rudolph
Feat. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Matthew Broderick, Campbell Scott
- Jennifer Jason Leigh lends her perfectly mannered precision to Dorothy Parker, anguished writer, poet and lonely socialite who merrily drowned her…
Cable Guy, The (1996)
- Dir. Ben Stiller
Feat. Matthew Broderick, Jim Carrey
- Straightguy Matthew Broderick is plagued by obnoxious cable–TV man Jim Carrey, who thinks he's found a new friend. Lively satire on the perils…
Infinity (1996)
- Dir. Matthew Broderick
Feat. Matthew Broderick, Patricia Arquette, Peter Riegert…
- Biopic about the romantic life of Nobel Prize winning physicist Richard Feynman, directed by and starring Matthew Broderick. Set in the 20's and…
Addicted to Love (1997)
- Dir. Griffin Dunne
Feat. Meg Ryan, Matthew Broderick
- Acting serial monogamist Meg Ryan couples this time with Matthew Broderick for romantic revenge on their respective ex–partners who've become…
Godzilla (1998)
- Dir. Roland Emmerich
Feat. Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno
- This box–office behemoth from the INDEPENDENCE DAY–makers is not nearly as terrible as the backlash would have you believe – in…
Election (1999)
- Dir. Alexander Payne
Feat. Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon
- Mid–life crisis intersects with teenage foibles in this cheerily cynical high–school tale for adults, as crumpled teacher Matthew…
Inspector Gadget (1999)
- Dir. David Kellogg
Feat. Matthew Broderick
- Fast, silly and proud of it, this is the Disney take on a hero with more gizmos than a Swiss Army Knife.
Matthew Broderick dodges death as both…
You Can Count On Me (2000)
- Dir. Kenneth Lonergan
Feat. Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo, Kieran Culkin…
- Winner of Best Picture at Sundance 2000, this bittersweet comedy, woven around the smalltown reunion of long–separated siblings Laura Linney…
Stepford Wives, The (2004)
- Dir. Frank Oz
Feat. Nicole Kidman, Glenn Close, Christopher Walken…
- Remade as a comedy, this glossy, satirical double–take on the spooky 70s thriller of the same name has man–eating TV executive Nicole…
Last Shot, The (2004)
- Dir. Jeff Nathanson
Feat. Alec Baldwin, Matthew Broderick, Toni Collette…
- Zany comedy a nifty premise, has Broderick play a wannabe director who gets the 'greenlight' without realising he is part of an elaborate FBI…
Marie and Bruce (2004)
- Dir. Tom Cairns
Feat. Julianne Moore, Matthew Broderick, Bob Balaban
- A portrait of a sharply declining marriage, with Matthew Broderick and Julianne Moore as diametrically opposed partners clinging to the remaining…
Producers, The (2005)
- Dir. Susan Stroman
Feat. Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman…
- Lively remake of Mel Brooks' classic blackly comedy in which two Jewish Broadway producers (Broderick and Lane) develop a musical which they are sure…
Strangers with Candy (2005)
- Dir. Paul Dinello
Feat. Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert, Matthew Broderick…
- Cinematic reprise of a cult 'Comedy Central' TV series stars a truly absurd Amy Sedaris as an ex–con–junkie–whore who after being…
Deck the Halls (2006)
- Dir. John Whitesell
Feat. Danny De Vito, Matthew Broderick, Kristin Davis
- Danny DeVito and Matthew Broderick odd–couple it as neighbours competing over their annual display of Christmas lights in this silly, seasonal…
Then She Found Me (2007)
- Dir. Helen Hunt
Feat. Helen Hunt, Bette Midler, Colin Firth…
- Rom–com focused on a woman (portrayed and directed by a wrinkles–and–all Helen Hunt) dealing with a perplexing mid–life…
Finding Amanda (2008)
- Dir. Peter Tolan
Feat. Matthew Broderick, Brittany Snow, Maura Tierney…
- No–holds–barred black comedy stars Broderick as a TV producer and struggling addict sent to Las Vegas to convince his troubled niece to…
Tower Heist (2011)
- Dir. Brett Ratner
Feat. Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Casey Affleck…
- Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy lead a group of working class bros on an elaborate take down of a mega–wealthy scamster in this large scale comedy…
Margaret (2011)
- Dir. Kenneth Lonergan
Feat. Anna Paquin, Mark Damon, Mark Ruffalo…
- Anna Paquin gives a tour de force at the eye of this stormy ensemble drama from dir. Kenneth Lonergan (YOU CAN COUNT ON ME), about the vortex of…
No Hard Feelings (2023)
- Dir. Gene Stupnitsky
Feat. Jennifer Lawrence, Matthew Broderick, Natalie Morales…
- Jennifer Lawrence produces and stars in this sweet–natured sex comedy spiked by more than a few laugh–out–loud moments and at least…